Advisor - Horticulture Production at Sahel Capital

Tasks

• Support in developing partnerships with government extension departments, private extension providers, NGOs, other extension providers for quality horticulture extension to smallholders.
• Strengthen and monitor effective and quality service provision by government extension, private extension providers, NGOs.
• Facilitate availability of quality inputs (including seedling supply) in project areas (in collaboration with Component 1).
• Strengthen relevant local business, farmer, trader associations in coordination, service delivery and advocacy.
• Support implementation of gender, youth and inclusion strategies.
• Support implementation of the monitoring, evaluation and learning plan and system.
• Coordinate and collaborate, develop synergies with similar initiatives and projects at state and LGA-level.

Experience

• At least 10-year experience with horticulture production, up-to-date with modern horticulture practices.
• At least 5-year experience working with horticulture projects or private extension with horticulture smallholders in respectively Kaduna and Kano.
• Working experience and existing network with state-level and LGA-level extension departments and offices, suppliers of quality inputs, state-level business, trader and farmer associations.